New Mexico judge calls Meta a 'public nuisance' that's like a factory emitting 'noxious pollution' in record $567 million fine — and even Meta's own attorneys agree
- Meta has been hit by another huge fine in New Mexico
- The ruling judge compared Meta's apps to polluting factories
- Meta says it's going to appeal the decision
Meta is in more legal trouble over the harms that its products — specifically Instagram and Facebook — can do to children, with a New Mexico judge slapping a $567 million (£422 million / AU$805 million) fine on the company, and suggesting that the damage done by these apps is akin to "noxious pollution" from factories.
As reported by CNN, the latest court ruling and financial penalty says that Meta's suite of apps "create a common, societal burden on and harm to the affected children and their families and schools, as well as hospitals and law enforcement".
Meta has said that it will appeal the decision, but its lawyers should recognize the factory analogy: they used it themselves during the original...
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